| Re: Pearl Harbor day Chat 2017 |
Subject: Re: Pearl Harbor day Chat 2017 by GRIS on 2017/12/7 17:28:16 HISTORY NOTE: THE PEARL HARBOR ATTACK WAS THE BRAINCHILD OF ADMIRAL YAMAMOTO ISOROKU. IRONICALLY, YAMAMOTO HAD STAUNCHLY OPPOSED GOING TO WAR WITH THE US. HE HAD SPENT A GOOD BIT OF TIME HERE. DON'T AWAKE THE SLEEPING GIANT, HE SAID, THE ONLY WAY WE COULD WIN WOULD BE LAND ON THE WEST COAST AND MARCH ACROSS TO THE EAST COAST. AND THERE WOULD BE A MAN WITH A RIFLE BEHIND EVERY BLADE OF GRASS. THE BIG SHOTS DIDN'T LISTEN. WE'RE GOING TO WAR THEY SAID AND YOU HAVE TO WIN IT. SAID YAMAMOTO, I CAN RUN WILD THE FIRST TWO YEARS, AFTER THAT I CAN MAKE NO PROMISES. AND SO HE DID. A P-38 FLIGHT AMBUSHED HIM IN THE AIR WHILE ON AN INSPECTION TOUR. AT MIDWAY HE WAS THWARTED BY INTELLIGENCE INTERCEPTS AND IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC INTEL INTERCEPTS KILLED HIM. HE WAS JAPAN'S BEST. |
